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icreinstall_chrome.exe

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_chrome.exe has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
MD5:
6b9503170b287831f6958c0e728a2cc8

SHA-1:
724e1c55c0907b1c11e2e199f76a9e9ce7dd0c54

SHA-256:
a5d3ad76e25973de3f546e3d4f4934d12180153c3ad45e2538e371d4a4cba4f0

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 6:16:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.169.150

Bkav FE
W32.Clod32d.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.AP
17425

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0314

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.DK (variant)
8.9162

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
11/10/2014

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13166

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Freemium.A
v2014.11.10.10

McAfee
Artemis!BBB8CF126CFA
5600.6951

Norman
InstallCore.RBUR
11.20141110

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.11.10.10

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.94c
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.S
14.11.10.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.141108

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.95

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1117
7.2.314

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
24274

File size:
584.4 KB (598,424 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_chrome.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:DMJfsGGZ/tEQ1B/l8CRi5ebHPEPJzWU4BfqZrvj3SGZGYzsB8HSm:DMJfsX/6Q14v+HeJyUAqZDLSGQYAQ

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.8116

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to os.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdnus.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdneu.webfilescdn.com  (65.254.40.36:80)

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